Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you;

New American Standard Bible

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your sons within you.

King James Version

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Holman Bible

For He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your children within you.

International Standard Version

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessing your children within you.

A Conservative Version

For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates. He has blessed thy sons within thee.

American Standard Version

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

Amplified


For He has strengthened the bars of your gates,
He has blessed your children within you.

Bible in Basic English

He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.

Darby Translation

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

Julia Smith Translation

For he strengthened the bars of thy gates; he blessed thy sons within thee.

King James 2000

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.

Modern King James verseion

For He has made the bars of your gates strong; He has blessed your sons within you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

NET Bible

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

New Heart English Bible

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

The Emphasized Bible

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:

Webster

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

World English Bible

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

Youngs Literal Translation

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the bars
בּריח 
B@riyach 
Usage: 41

of thy gates
שׁער 
Sha`ar 
Usage: 374

בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

Verse Info

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Providence

12 Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion, 13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you; 14 [he] makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with [the] {finest of wheat}.

Cross References

Nehemiah 3:1-16

Then Eliashib the high priest and his brothers the priests arose and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and erected its doors. They consecrated it up to the Tower of the Hundred and up to the Tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 6:1

Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall and that no gap was left in it--though up to that time I had not erected doors in the gates--

Nehemiah 7:1

Now when the wall had been built and I had erected the doors and appointed the gatekeepers, singers, and the Levites,

Nehemiah 7:3

I said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While they are standing guard let them shut and fasten the doors. And appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, one at his post and another opposite his house."

Nehemiah 12:30

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Psalm 48:11-14

Let {Mount Zion} rejoice; let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.

Psalm 51:18

Do good in your favor toward Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 115:14-15

May Yahweh give you increase, you and your children.

Psalm 125:2

[As] mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so Yahweh [is] round about his people, from now until forever.

Psalm 128:3-6

Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.

Psalm 144:12

that our sons [may be] like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace,

Isaiah 44:3-5

For I will pour out water on a thirsty [land] and streams on dry ground. I will pour my spirit out on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.

Jeremiah 30:19-20

And thanksgiving and [the] sound of merrymakers will come out from them, and I will make them numerous, and they will not be few. And I will make them honored, and they will not be lowly.

Lamentations 2:8-9

Yahweh has planned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He measured [with] a line; he has not restrained his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to mourn; together they have languished away.

Lamentations 4:12

[The] kings of [the] earth did not believe, and all [the] inhabitants of [the] world, that a foe and an enemy could enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:25

And you must know and you must understand [that] from [the] time of the going out of [the] word to restore and build Jerusalem until [an] anointed [one]-- leader--[will be] {seven weeks and sixty-two weeks}; it will be restored and will be built [with] streets and moat, but {in a time of oppression}.

Zechariah 8:3-5

Thus says Yahweh: 'I have returned to Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be called the faithful city, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts [will be called] the holy mountain.'

Luke 19:42-44

saying, "If you had known on this day--even you--the things [that make] for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

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